In a 5-2 majority ruling, the New York Court of Appeals recognised the uniquely devastating deprivation of liberty involved when an immigrant faces deportation from the United States.
In a major government reshuffle aimed at breathing new energy into Poland's longest-serving team under democracy, the prime minister today fired Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski.
George Zimmerman who was acquitted in the high-profile killing of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin faced accusations of pointing a gun at his girlfriend during a dispute and trying to choke her.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says reports of the United States spying in Germany – including bugging her mobile phone – are straining transatlantic ties.
MIAMI (AP):The first year of the Obama administration's temporary reprieve for youth living in the country illegally has shown that any broader immigration reform effort would require the government to better prepare by streamlining application...
NEWSin briefPolice officers stand outside Liberation newspaper office in Paris yesterday after a gunman opened fire in the lobby, wounding a photographer's assistant before fleeing...
State-by-state look at storm, Midwest tornadoes UNITED STATES AP:An unusually large and strong late-season storm system ripped through several states across the Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes and tearing through homes and overturning cars along...
Officials say George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted earlier this year in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, has been arrested following a disturbance.
The Central Intelligence Agency has been accused of secretly collecting bulk records of money transfers to the Caribbean and other places handled by companies like Western Union and MoneyGram.
$10-million worth sick days by US gov't workersHAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC):Statistics in a new report on government efficiency have shown that sick days by government workers cost more than US$10 million a year.
WASHINGTON (CMC): The United States has offered a reprieve to illegal Caribbean and other immigrants who are close relatives of active military troops and veterans by allowing them to stay in the country and move towards becoming permanent residents....
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP):Oregon immigrants who appeared in court and successfully sought the right to stay in the United States faced one of the longest delays in the nation to have their cases resolved, data from a statistical research group at Syracuse...
The clashes in Qalamoun, an area that stretches north of the Syrian capital along the Lebanese frontier, appeared to be part of a long-anticipated government offensive.
During a visit to the coastal town of Guiuan, he praised local officials for carrying out a proper evacuation, but said it was in contrast to other towns.
Gillibrand's solution for a problem the military calls an epidemic appears to have stalled in the face of united opposition from the Pentagon's top echelon and its allies in Congress.
One week after Typhoon Haiyan razed the eastern part of the Philippines, killing thousands and leaving at least 600,000 homeless, resilient residents of the disaster zone were rebuilding.
TORONTO (AP): A sweeping child pornography investigation has led to the rescue of 386 children around the world and the arrest of 348 people, Canadian police said yesterday.Toronto police describe the Project Spade operation as one of the largest child...
PRAGUE (AP):Canada says it is lifting visa requirements for Czech nationals, a thorny issue that had threatened to derail a new free-trade agreement between...
